THE ABSENT

CRIPPLED HEARTS

SOLIDARITY WITH THE FLESH EATING MOSAIC AND OTHER POEMS by Raj Dronamraju

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THE RETURN OF THE MAGNIFICENT NINNY AND OTHER POEMS by Raj Dronamraju

My first book of poetry available through Amazon and other online booksellers www.rajbooks.com

Sunday, February 14, 2016

A FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S REPUBLICAN DEBATE

Today’s Republican Debate was complete chaos. Entertaining but completely unserious. The moderator comment “Do I have to turn this
car around?” was very telling. On the
level of Honey Boo Boo as far as entertainment goes. A few thoughts….

1.) Who let that audience in? They booed such traditional Republican
concerns as illegal immigration and abortion.
They clearly were an establishment audience. Their booing and cheering does not match at
all any of the polling as far as who and what they supported. It was a disgrace for the establishment to
hijack the debate in this way.

2.) What kind of world do we live in where Donald Trump is
the voice of foreign policy sanity? Not
fighting two wars at once in Syria, the Iraq War was a mistake, talk to Russia,
Bush didn’t keep America safe. It’s just
common sense. I almost didn’t miss Rand
Paul

3.) Trump also praised the non-abortions services offered by
Planned Parenthood – very weird to hear in a Republican Debate.

4.) Not a good night for Marco Rubio despite what the
pundits say. He strikes me as an inconsequential
twerp who is slow on his feet and wrong on everything. Two examples tonight – 1.)Said that no Supreme
Court justice has been confirmed in an election year in 80 years. What about Anthony Kennedy in 1988? 2.) Attacked
Ted Cruz for not speaking Spanish prompting Cruz to speak Spanish showing yes
he does speak Spanish. Also Rubio’s
answers on taxes and immigration show him trying to have it both ways, trying
to sound like a conservative and Bernie Sanders at the same time.

5.) Jeb Bush threw a lot of punches at Trump but the only
one that landed was the attack on corporate bankruptcies. However, considering Bush was Governor of Florida
the state where bankruptcy is a cottage industry, it’s not good line of attack
for him.

6.) Cruz showed the best way to attack Trump is as an insincere
guy who not long ago was very liberal.
Conservatives love litmus test discussions like that and if Cruz is
going to win he needs to contrast his record with Trump’s.

7.) John Kasich did a clever thing in not taking the bait
and attacking Jeb Bush back. He was also
shrewd to try and draw democratic support by referencing his mailman dad and
blue collar neighborhood. Not sure how far playing the moderate will take him
in 2016. He’s actually not a moderate at
all when one looks at his record as Governor of Ohio on issues such as abortion
and education.

8.) The quote Ben Carson attributed to Stalin in his closing
comments is false. See Snopes.